Hosta Buffalo Crazy Diamond

Hosta Buffalo Crazy Diamond is a small gem for your hosta collection. In spring, the leaves have a creamy center with a light-green margin. The center is filled with many tiny green speckles and flecks. Later in the season, the leaf center turns white and the light-green tones deepen to dark green. This is a tetraploid cultivar that grows to about 25–30 cm in height and, in its habit and leaf shape, resembles the hosta cultivar Revolution.

Note on origin: We grew this plant for a longer time in a pot labeled “Sport from hosta Diamond Necklace.” At first, we did not pay much attention to it. After a few years we noticed its exceptional character and began to trace its origin. Our database holds no precise note on its origin, only that it is a sport from Diamond Necklace. However, we had several sports from Diamond Necklace and this one does not resemble any of them. We therefore admit the possibility that it is a sport of another cultivar and that a mix-up occurred. Its origin can thus be considered unknown.

How to grow hostas

Save light shade to shade place in your garden to plant hostas. Filtered sun is best for the colorful varieties to reach their full color contrast. The green and blue hostas are the most shade-tolerant. Usually the yellow cultivars are the most sun-tolerant. The most dangerous is a direct sunshine, especially hot afternoon sun. This is the most critical where temperatures are high. Variegated varieties, especially those with a lot of white in the leaves, burn very easily. Blue color of leaves turns to green-blue or even fully green with too much direct sun. Plants with thick leaves are better suited for dry soil conditions than thin-leaved ones, but none is able to grow years-long in very dry soil. Plant hostas in moist, humus-rich soil. Water your hostas well immediately as you plant them. Give them water regularly during their first one or two growing season. Hostas grow slowly and may take 2 to 5 years to reach their full size, longer for the largest species and cultivars. Reserve a plenty of space in your perennial bed for hostas. Most of them are medium sized or large perennials. Hostas are almost fully disease and pest resistant. The most dangerous injury can by caused by slugs, snails and deers.